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flrrmeA/s ys United States Patent 6 3,039,650 BOX FOR CONTAININGAMMUNITION Oswald Hoffmann, Lintorf, Bezirk Dusseldorf, Germany FiledAug. 5, 1959, Ser. No. 831,836 Claims priority, application Germany Aug.7, 1958 2 Claims. (Cl. 220-97) The present invention relates to boxesadapted for example to contain ammunition and which are intended to bestacked. It is an object of the invention to provide the boxes withmeans whereby when stacked they will not slip.

According to the present invention a box, for example for containingammunition, has at least two opposed side walls provided withprojections or recesses so arranged that where the boxes are stacked,the projections or recesses on the adjacent walls of juxtaposed boxeswill make mutual nesting engagement.

In one embodiment the walls are formed with beads for example arrangedin curved or rectangular patterns, which stand out in relief and whichare appropriately dimensioned and positioned to enable the beads ofjuxtaposed boxes to make nesting engagement. If desired howeyer thewalls may have a series of pip-like projectionsin place of the beads.

One embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of exampleby reference to the accompanying rawing, in which FIG. 1 is a side viewof an ammunition box according to one embodiment of the invention,

FIG. 2 is an end elevation, and

FIG. 3 is a plan view.

As shown in the accompanying drawing, an ammunition box consists of thebody 1 and a lid 2. Each longer side wall of the body 1 is provided withan outwardly projecting bead 3 arranged in the pattern of a rectangle.'I he bead 3 on one side wall defines a rectangular pattern of differentdimensions to that on the opposed side wall such that when the boxes arestacked, the rectangles on adjacent walls of juxtaposed boxes will makenested engagement and so prevent the boxes in the stack slipping. Theextent the heads 3 project is such that, when the boxes are stacked oneupon the other on their sides, the lids 2 can be opened from the front.As shown the lid has fixing straps 4 extending across the outer face ofthe lid, and connected to fixing books 5 hinged on the end wall of thebox. In order to prevent the fixing straps 3,039,650 Patented June 19,1962 from projection outwardly of the lid they are located in recessesin the lid.

The beads 3 need not be of rectangular pattern but may define any othergeometrical shape such as for example, an ellipse.

If desired one side wall may have a projecting bead of rectangular,elliptical or other pattern and the opposed side wall may have a grooveor recess of corresponding shape such that when a series of boxes arestacked, the bead and groove of the side walls of juxtaposed boxes willmake nesting engagement.

In an alternative embodiment the opposed side walls are formed with aseries of pip like projections, or one side wall may have a series ofpip like projections and the other a series of dimple or like shapedrecesses such that when the boxes are stacked, the pips on the wall ofone box will nest in recesses on the adjacent wall of a juxtaposed box.

I claim:

1. An ammunition box of rectangular shape comprising a projecting headin each of its two opposing side Walls of the box, the bead on one sidebeing differently arranged to that on the other side so that when theboxes are stacked adjacent to each other the beads on the adjacent wallsof the juxtaposed boxes will make mutually nesting engagements and eachprojecting bead being in the form of a rectangle, a removable lidextending across a wall other than one having the projecting bead, ahook hinged to each end wall, and a fixing strap secured to each hookand extending across the lid, the side beads being of such dimensionsthat when the boxes are stacked side by side they will be spacedsufiiciently by said beads to enable the lids to be removed from thefront of the stack.

2.. An ammunition box according to claim 1, in which the lid is formedwith a recess for each fixing strap and in which the strap is located toprevent the straps from projecting outwardly from the outer surface ofthe lid.

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